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PRONUNCIATION OF HORRIBLENESS

horribleness  [ˈhɒrɪbəlnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORRIBLENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Horribleness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HORRIBLENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of horribleness in the English dictionary

The definition of horribleness in the dictionary is the fact or condition of being horrible.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HORRIBLENESS


flexibleness
ˈfleksɪbəlnəs
imperceptibleness
ˌɪmpəˈsɛptɪbəlnəs
implausibleness
ɪmˈplɔːzɪbəlnəs
incompatibleness
ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəlnəs
incorruptibleness
ˌɪnkəˈrʌptɪbəlnəs
indefensibleness
ˌɪndɪˈfensɪbəlnəs
indestructibleness
ˌɪndɪˈstrʌktɪbəlnəs
indigestibleness
ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪbəlnəs
infallibleness
ɪnˈfælɪbəlnəs
inflexibleness
ɪnˈflɛksɪbəlnəs
intangibleness
ɪnˈtændʒɪbəlnəs
intelligibleness
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒɪbəlnəs
invincibleness
ɪnˈvɪnsɪbəlnəs
irascibleness
ɪˈræsɪbəlnəs
passibleness
ˈpæsɪbəlnəs
plausibleness
ˈplɔːzɪbəlnəs
responsibleness
rɪˈspɒnsɪbəlnəs
stableness
ˈsteɪbəlnəs
terribleness
ˈtɛrɪbəlnəs
vincibleness
ˈvɪnsɪbəlnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORRIBLENESS

horrendousness
horrent
horrible
horribly
horrid
horridly
horridness
horrific
horrifically
horrification
horrified
horrifies
horrify
horrifying
horrifyingly
horripilant
horripilate
horripilation
horrisonant
horrisonous

WORDS THAT END LIKE HORRIBLENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of horribleness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «horribleness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORRIBLENESS

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The translations of horribleness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «horribleness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

horribleness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horribleness
570 millions of speakers

English

horribleness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

horribleness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فظاعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чудовищность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horribleness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

horribleness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

horribleness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketakutan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schrecklichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

恐ろしさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

horribleness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Horribleness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

horribleness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

horribleness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयावहता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

horribleness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

horribleness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

horribleness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жахливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

groaza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χάλια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gruwelikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

horribleness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

horribleness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of horribleness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORRIBLENESS»

The term «horribleness» is normally little used and occupies the 122.634 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORRIBLENESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «horribleness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «horribleness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about horribleness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORRIBLENESS»

Discover the use of horribleness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to horribleness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Justice in the Shadow of Death: Rethinking Capital and ...
See Jeffrey Reiman, "The Death Penalty, Deterrence, and Horribleness: A Reply to Michael Davis," Social Theory and Practice 16 (Summer 1990): 261-272. Reiman still contends that when he claims that the death penalty is "horrible" he ...
Michael Davis, 1996
2
Adorno: Disenchantment and Ethics
It is the horribleness of looking into a pair of human eyes, while treating their owner like a piece of furniture or tool."29 How are we to make intelligible to ourselves the precise "horribleness" of looking into a pair of human eyes and yet treating ...
J. M. Bernstein, 2001
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Relevance in Argumentation
But when he infers from his remarks about the horribleness of murder that the defendant is guilty of it,he is committingthe fallacy of ignoratio elenchi (p. 72). Much the same kind of analysis of the prejudicial power ofthe irrelevant argument of ...
Douglas Walton, 2003
4
German Philosophy Since Kant
It is the horribleness of looking into a pair of human eyes, while treating their owner like a piece of furniture or tool." How are we to make intelligible to ourselves the precise 'horribleness' of looking into a pair of human eyes and yet treating ...
Anthony O'Hear, 1999
5
Unplugging Philco: A Novel
gested that customers purchase as much as possible in order to “help keep the memory of the victims of the Horribleness alive.” Wally hadn't known anyone in Tupelo at the time of the Horribleness, and, living in brooklyn as he did, likely never ...
Jim Knipfel, 2009
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Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions
True, when I suddenly conceive an object to be horrible I do not explicitly affirm that it will remain horrible for eternity. But the mere affirmation of horribleness as a substantial quality of the object is already, in itself, a passage to the infinite.
Jean-Paul Sartre, 1962
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A Companion to Renaissance Drama
For the next century, other domestic crimes that caught the public imagination were likened to the Arden case for their degree of what Holinshed called “ horribleness.” The “horribleness” of the Arden story inhered both in Alice's murderous ...
Arthur F. Kinney, 2008
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Adulterous Alliances: Home, State, and History in Early ...
"Horribleness" was already the term Raphael Holinshed used ;n his Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577) to justify his telling of the Arden story, a telling that served the playwright as source. "About this time," Holinshed wrote, ...
Richard Helgerson, 2000
9
Saint Norman
weeks still grieving over his father's death, but his poolman Louis had apparently moved to Reno to become a blackjack dealer. I said, “What in the world is going on here!?” Then I accepted the horribleness and moved on. And this is my point.
Thomas Aiello, 2002
10
Reasons and Recognition: Essays on the Philosophy of T.M. ...
He does, however, need to insist that the unspeakable horribleness, or the needless suffering and death, makes it wrong by providing grounds to reasonably reject any principle that would allow it. This, he says, is what it is for the action to be ...
R. Jay Wallace, Rahul Kumar, Samuel Freeman, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORRIBLENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term horribleness is used in the context of the following news items.
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The House That Saved Their Marriage - WSJ
“It's like being teenagers but without all the horribleness of being teenagers. We're more secure and we know what to do,” says Mr. Danskin. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
We need 'Dr. Horrible 2' | TouchVision
And that's good enough for Whedon fans to keep dreaming about what's next for the man with a PhD in horribleness. There are many reasons ... «TouchVision, Jul 15»
3
Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #9 Review - The Fandom Post
This issue is all about probability and luck, and the greatness and horribleness of Las Vegas. As the Doctor puts it, “A place of shattered dreams ... «The Fandom Post, Jul 15»
4
Report: Kings in 'advanced talks' with Andrea Bargnani - CBS Sports
That takes some true kung-fu horribleness to create. It's a low-risk move with most reports indicating it may, in fact, be a minimum contract for ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
5
Trying to find peace after "losing everything," Kvalvogs talk for first …
From there was just horribleness." And that is when life changed. Forever. Kathie, "Shock, shock definitely. No, I don't remember... Everything ... «WDAZ, Jul 15»
6
Killer robots that leave Terminator: Genisys in the scrap pile
He's an assassination droid, making him to murder and horribleness as C-3PO is to embarrassingly physical comedy. And he loves his job. «Destructoid, Jul 15»
7
89th Ancients & Horribles Parade offers a different take on the Fourth
One float with ghouls on it rivaled their porch's horribleness, another protested a company's expansion in Burrillville, one called for support of ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
8
'Orange is the New Black' 3×7-13: Love, Religion, and the Business …
... gets pepper spray happy, another stands idly by while Sophia is beaten, and we've already covered Officer Coates's general horribleness). «New York Observer, Jul 15»
9
America doesn't treat the people in its prisons like people, and …
The fact that their treatment could be somehow more horrible doesn't make its horribleness acceptable. As Timothy Hamilton, one of the ... «AMERICAblog, Jul 15»
10
The Little Death (aka A Funny Kind of Love) and The Overnight …
But there's also recognizable horribleness in how easy it is to get so caught up in we need from our partners that we are blinded by what they ... «Flick Filosopher, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Horribleness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/horribleness>. Apr 2024 ».
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